The Japanese Government Digital Agency released a QR Code COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate app for iOS and Android today, 2021-12-21. The iOS app has support for SMART Health QR Code certificates […]
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Apple’s cultural values, fantasy vs reality
We live in a strange time where cultural values have replaced morals. Perhaps people are more comfortable with ‘values’ because they seem removed from any religious context. Yet morals are […]
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Lawson Bank app adding Mobile Suica recharge in 2022
See, I told you that when VISA Japan finally signed on with Apple Pay it was just the latest shot in the digital banking wars. Today we have another one: […]
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Is Apple Siri-ous about the larger cohesive vision?
A Japanese friend asked me about Apple Watch hand washing notifications that goes off every time he washes vegetables, “Is this how stupid Apple’s AI is?” Unfortunately yes, this is […]
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Apple Maps Japan mislabels cemeteries, digs own grave
In the latest Apple Maps Japan installment of how not to run a digital service, we can now add graveyards to the long list of things done poorly or incompetently. […]
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The Apple Pay whipping post
I suppose I should care about the latest ‘Apple Pay is evil’ brouhaha piece by CNBC “Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s […]